Francisco Lopez Pavon Libros

Sometimes confounding, often awesome, the marriage of nature and art ranks high on the list of creative developments born in the explosive 1960s. In a book that compiles vivid examples, readers are shown how open spaces, mountains, and sky perform as both medium and message in wildly creative land-art configurations.

Exploring the controversial relationship between engineering, architecture, and landscaping, this volume surveys a series of extraordinarily interesting projects produced in various parts of the world. The outstanding profiles range from the Crosby Arboretum in Picayne, Mississippi, by Edward L. Blake, Jr. to the restoration projects by Richard Haag, including Gas Works Park in Seattle, Washington,